Reinforced package.



H. C. HERR.

REINFORGED PACKAGE. APPLIUATION FILED 11011.25, 1910.

Patented 001.1111913.

HENRY C. HERB, F DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO FIBER BAE-REL MACHINERY & MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OEv PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

nnnroric'nn PACKAGE.

Specication of Letters' Patent.

Patented Oct. Ml, 1,913.

To all whom t may concern K Be it known that I, HENRY C. HERR, a citii zen of the United States of America, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Reinforced Packages, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention relates to packages formed of a plurality of plies of paper or like material, and it is the object of the invention to strengthen the structure.

To this end the invention consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of reinforcing means as hereinafter set forth.

In the drawings,-Figure l is a central longitudinal section through-a package constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is an enlarged central perspective view of the reinforced portion of the package; and Fig. 3 is a central elevation showing a modified construction.

In the present state of the art packages have been constructed having the body portion thereof formed of a plurality of plies of paper cemented together, and heads usually of different material fitting into the ends of the body. The heads when formed of wood are usually secured in position by nailing, and with certain constructions of packages a 'metall-ic chine-hoop surrounding the head and fitting within the body is used to strengthen the structure. Packages constructed as just described possess a high degree of strength but. experience has proven that the weakest point in the construction is adjacent to the head where there is a tendency to shearoff the body. To avoid this defect and to otherwise increase the strength of the package I have devised a construction of metallic reinforcement preferably specifically constructed as follows: As has been stated the body A of the package is formed of a plurality of plies B of paper or like material which are usually wound upon a cylindrical mandrel and cemented to each other by a water-proof cement such as silicate of soda. To reinforce this structure a metallic band C is wound in with the paper preferably centrally between the plies and of sufficient length to encircle the package with an overlap, as indicated at D Fig. 2. The width of this band is srfiicient to cover the portion opposite the head of the package and also to extend some distance inward from the head, as shown in Figs. l and 2. The cement employed will adhere to the ymetal as well as to the paper and consequently in the complete structure the metal and paper operate as a unit. Also the plies will be cemented together in the area not covered by the metal reinforcement. Thus when the head is placed within the package and secured thereto as by the nails E, the metallic reinforcement will strengthen the portion of the body immediately adjacentto the head and prevent shearing. Furthermore, the nails preferably perforate the reinforcement as well as the head F and chine-hoop Gr thereby adding an element of strength preventing the breaking out of the head of the package. The metallic reinforcing band C in that portion which extends inward beyond the head is free to flex, which relieves the paper from any shearing stress.

In Fig. 3 a modified construction is illustrated in which a reinforcing band H eX- tends long-itudinallyv of the package intermediate the plies of the body and forms a tight connection between the heads. It also serves to resist the shearing stress on the paper adjacent to the head.

With both of these constructions as well as with various other modifications that may bc selected, the metallic member adds a great element of strength to the'package while the amount of metal employed is so small as not to materially increase the weight or the cost of construction.

What I claim as my invention is:

In a package, the combination with a body formed of a plurality of plies of ieX-' ible material wound together, of heads within the end portions ofsaid body, several of said plies being formed of fibrous material of comparatively heavy stock, and one of the plies comprising metallic reinforcing bands of comparatively light gage metal wound intermediate said several plies and completely covered thereby, each of said bands being positioned to overlap its respective head and extend within the body'- beyond the head In testimony whereof I aix my signature whereby shearin of he biodadljacentlte n presence of two witnesses. v head is prevente an sai p y n so inc u -4 ing a, connection between the bands inclosed HENRY C' HERR' by fibrous plies, the latter being cemented to- Witnesses:

` gether intermediate the bands in the area W. J. BELKNAP,

not covered by said connection. JAMES P. BARRY. 

